Foot-pedal support



Patented Sept. 23, ,1930

ifUNiT-ED STATES PATENT 'ori-"rcp,

DALE-FREDERICK micia-or GARnETnINDIANa i y 1 room-PEDAL surroarApplication med october 2e, i328. serial No.V ,3315,229, 4 l l Thevpresent invention relates to supports for the foot pedals of motordrivenvehicles and has for its principal object to provide an article ofthis character adapted to' support 4the foot accelerator pedal in p andcomfortable position.

a convenient A further object of the invention is to provide Van articleof this'character adapted to supportthe rear or heel portion of the footaccelerator pedal for pivotal movement whereby to enable the front ortoe endof the pedal to be operatively connected with the ,gascontrolthrottle of the vehicle.

4' A further object of the invention is to provide a support of thischaracter which may be easily and quickly attached in operative positionupon the vehicle without necessitating any changes or alterationsl inthe construction thereof, which is relatively inexpensive to manufactureand otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same isintended.

y ing member shown in attached position and *y port.

'Figure 3 is a perspective view of said sup- Y Referring now to thedrawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I havevdisclosed the preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5designates the floor board of a motor driven vehicle through vwhich thesupporting housing 6 of the gear shifting lever 7 extends to a positionabove said floor board. The usual accelerator member Salso extendsupwardly through the iioor board, which in its present instance ismovement. v l

A foot pedal 9 of'conventional,construc- 6'so as to be braced'thereby,

vertical* aotuati on during the accelerating tion is disposed with its'forward or toeend portion resting upon the upper end ofthe acceleratorplunger 8 ,andwith the 'under sideof its heel orrear endprovidedwith a'showninthe forrn'of a plunger adapted for pair of spaced lugs 10 havingan opening formed ther'ein'through which a horizontally disposed rod 11is inserted to provide a pivotal support fo'rthevrear or heel end ofthefoot pedal 9. n l y, y

" `ne endof thel rod 11 is bent atright angles thereto, as shown at4`12and is disposed vertically'alongside of and against the housing thevupturned portion 12 of thelrod terminating at its upper end in ahorizontally extending attach- 'ing-,plate 18 which has its upper and'lower vfaces fiattened, as clearly illustrated inFigure 3 of thedrawings and provided with bolt receiving openings 14 through which Atoin-` sert the cover retaining bolts 15 of the case.

' As'clearlyl illustrated in Figure 2 of the i' drawing, the attachingplate 13 is arcuate shaped inorderto ypermit the attaching of the plateby` a pair of the bolts 4at opposite sides ofthe case and 'at the sametime to permit the plate to be'disposed in spaced relation from theannulus 16 ofthe gear shift 'leverpg L Through the provisionofthesupport the rear end of the lfoot pedal 9 is pivotally mountedslightly above the iioor board 5 so that the pivotal movement of thepedal is not Y interfered with.- The outer end of the rod vl1 isr formedwith a transversek opening 17 through which a retaining pin 18 isinserted for retaining the foot pedal 9 in position thereo. v

An opening 19 is also formed inthe upright 12 of the support throughwhich one end of a wire spring 20 is inserted, said spring having itsopposite end coiled about the horizontal support 11, as clearlyillustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing and with its free end 21ext-ended rearwardly under the rear edge of the foot pedal 9 whereby toyieldably urge kthe toe end `of the foot pedal downwardly upon theaccelerator plunger 8.

Y If desired, an expansion spring22 may also be arranged about the upperend of the plunger 8 and engaging the under side of the toe of the footpedal 9ffor kurging the plunger upwardly upon release of the foottherefrom the support provides apivotal mounting for *l the heel end ofthe footpedal whereby to provide for an accelerating movement of thev,pedal with a minimum` amount of pressure land also to relieve theplunger from the weight of the foot pedal. p

It will be obvious from the foregoing that by the foot `of the operator.

It is obviousthat my invention is suscep- -tible tova'riou's vchangesand modifications in construction Vwithout departing from the Aspirit ofthe invention or the scope of thev appended claims, and I'accordinglyclaim all such forms ofthe device to whichI amentitled.Y

jHaving thusdescribedmy invention, what` V I Iclaim as new is: Y

1.` As a new article o1" manufacture, a pedal I supporting bracketrcomprising a portion adapted to be arranged in substantially uprightposition alongside of andV against, a

housing extending above an automobile foot board Vso as tobe bracedVV bysaid housing, an

attaching plate extending in l'one direction at right angles from oneend ofv'said portion, and a rod extending atright angles from theopposite end of 'said portion and in a direction oppositeyto that of theattaching plateand adapted for the pivotal mounting of a pedal. i y v v.

' y2. In combination, a housing extending upwardly from the floor boardof an automo-` bile, a bracket comprising a portion arranged ,f

' in substantially upright position alongside of and against saidhousing so as to. be braced by said housing, an attaching plateextending` at right angles fromone end of; saidportion and superposed onand attachedto said v housing, a rod extending at right angles from saidportion and spaced above said floor board, a pedal pivotally mounted atanintermediate point of its length on said rod and having a heelportionextendingy in vrear of said rod, and a'spring carriedby the bracketandcoiled aboutfsaid rod and having anv upwardly Vthrusting terminalportion arranged to press said heel portion of the pedal upwardly. Y

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

Y DALEl FREDERICK FEICK.

